Welcome to the latest edition of the Giant Bomb Community Spotlight! I, @zombiepie, am once again honored to be your host as we look back at the best community-created works from the previous week. Obviously, the site is still processing the loss of Jess and Jason from last week. As a friendly reminder, it is strongly encouraged you do whatever you can support those impacted by the layoffs that hit Giant Bomb and GameSpot and if you need some help, here are some links:
Giant Bomb
- Jess on Twitch - https://twitch.tv/voidburger
- Jess on Patreon - https://patreon.com/Voidburger
- Jess' Linktree - voidburger.com
- Jason on Twitch - https://twitch.tv/unastrike
- Jason on Twitter - https://twitter.com/unastrike
- Justin on Twitter - https://twitter.com/megaberrycrunch
For those that really took the loss of Jess/Voidburger hard, be aware they were on an episode of noclip's podcast that you can give a listen. If you want to learn more about what they think the future holds for them or what they think of the current state of games journalism, it's a necessary listen.
The Giant Bomb staff are aware that the Programming Schedule & Show Notes on the front page needs to be updated. The good news is that Rorie is hoping to get back to the weekly roundup posts on Mondays going forward.
Speaking of Rorie-based news, he's continuing to go back to old Bombcast episodes and add them to the Premium feed so you can get them without ads. This undertaking is slow, but it has been on the docket for a while. Let them know on the Giant Bomb Discord if there's anything weird about them, (e.g. if they start floating up in your podcast reader).
Have any of you been having issues logging in since the site rolled out the new login stuff this week? If yes, head over to the "Site Tech Issues" section of the Giant Bomb Discord and drop a comment!
Tweets
On the new podcast we’re joined by @VoidBurger to discuss the future of gainful employment in games coverage and the games we play to make the pain go away.
— Noclip (@noclipvideo) January 27, 2023
Watch: https://t.co/ldo1wJdNhX
Listen: https://t.co/zW8lilmal2 pic.twitter.com/TIBr6lIWTJ
Folks chatting about how great @JeanLucSeipke is on the Giant Bomb discord and I’m just going to put this idea out there @_janjerome 🙌 pic.twitter.com/kXZ9fkuvS0
— Maria the Third (@SeriuzBiznus) January 27, 2023
Is this really the full list of shadow-dropped games? Anything notable missing?
— Stephen Totilo (@stephentotilo) January 26, 2023
Via Giant Bomb https://t.co/AigevNzO9j pic.twitter.com/eHYbJHOsPV
Explore 16+ levels filled with new enemies, hidden secrets, and alternate routes. Ryckert's Island is a whole new world w/ an emphasis on speedrunning and nostalgia. Dedicated with great admiration to @DanRyckert, @FireEscapeCast, @jeffgerstmann , @VoidBurger, and many others <3 pic.twitter.com/CMOplH0r0g
— SmashNcrab 🦀 (@SmashNcrab) January 22, 2023
Dead Space is back and
— Giant Bomb Haiku (@GiantBombHaiku) January 26, 2023
let us tell you something...
this shit is still great https://t.co/1WFZ23uOWt
Activities
The GB Album Club 021 - Paranoid by Black Sabbath (By: @unclejam23)
AWW HELL YEAH! This edition of the Community Album Club is looking at Paranoid by Black Sabbath! Is thus Album still necessary listening to any self-respecting music appreciator? Are you a fan if any tracks on it?
Tinykin Is The 2nd Game Of UUGPGC Year 2! Finish By January 30, 2023! Mark All Spoilers! (By: @bigsocrates)
Tinykin is the 2nd game for the 2023 edition of the Giant Bomb Community Game Pass Game Club! If you have any early non-spoiler impressions of the game and how it plays or looks, feel free to join that discussion.